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Love, Sex aur Dhokha
Director : Dibakar Banerjee
Writing credits : Urmi Juvekar (Story); Dibakar Banerjee, Kanu Behl (Screenplay)
Music : Shreya Khanvilkar
Cast : Anshuman Jha, Shruti, Rajkumar Yadav, Neha Chauhan, Arya Devdatta, Amit Sial, Harry Tangri
What goes for it : Practically everything
What goes against the audience : The love segment gives in to some excesses
Cinemaa opinion : Trumps Thanks Maa as the best of the year so far. For a detailed review, please click here.
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Should mostly catch it some time later on a DVD. Can't tolerate the annoying audience off late spoiling the experience. Esp LSD and the cheap thrill buzz around it seems to suggest all opposite to what you have written. I had serious issues with DB and his cockiness in OLLO, and he is not even an Anurag where you can enjoy it(but even he struck a sour note with the second half of Gulaal). Having said that, I am not denying DB can't make a good film, and LSD could be a redemption.
Great review as usual, Sammy…Will catch the movie ASAP….
Tushar : I wouldn't really call LSD a redemption in terms of his cockiness. It's still there. And by the looks of it, his next would showcase even more of it. He needs a humbling experience for sure. And yes…the audience really spoiled it. DVD is not that bad an option.
Smackbhai : Look for a theatre and showtime where there isn't too much of a crowd. And yes…it is a must watch.
Saw the film. Now I get your review. The film is good, but ya the Love bit wasn't in the same league. They could do better than that. I mean when you are making a digi film you are essentially and by means of form defying the system, so why is there a need to dedicate an entire section to the spoof. Same thing Dibakar did in OLLO, you could never know is he laughing at his joke or is he trying to turn the joke on us. Anyways, the film redeemed itself in the most unthought of scenes, for me it was the touch and go shots of random passers-by and the last section, Luki Local surprisingly brings a flavor to the film that makes it last longer. Luki was offcourse a take on the Pop star video culture of Mika and the likes. Then the guy I really liked was the reporter in the last section. He radiated the same understated charm like Manu in OLLO. Overall, a 'phenomenon' film, like Dev D, it will have its fun in shocking people and will be called pathbreaking and what not, but will essentially not change anything. We could still do better.
BTW, I would really want Dibakar to move on and attempt something else than capturing the ugliness of human nature on camera. Not saying he is bad at it, but he can't go further than this, in a way it is his excess/release and should be left at that, same applies to Anurag and Dev D and Vishal and expletives.
Tushar : I see a difference between Dibakar & Anurag's cases. Anurag struggled a lot; made good films that were bottled up by the system and that built an angst in him which finally got a release with Dev D. I sometimes fail to understand whether to be happy or sad about it. Happy because the man finally got his much deserved due. Sad because it has mellowed him down and I wonder if we'll ever listen to dialogues like the ones in Satya or see a Paanch or a Dev D again.
Dibakar's case is different. He didn't have to struggle as such in the industry. His first film rode on a slice of luck to become the success that it was, deservedly so. His second was again a commercial and critical success. Long ago, I'd listened to an interview of his on PFC. While I was amazed at his innovativeness & his understanding of his subject, medium & audience, I was also put off by the self-important tone the entire interview carried. That cockiness graduated into an arrogance with LSD. And the kind of critical acclaim the film is getting, I won't be surprised if it goes up a notch or two in his next film. Sad, but true.
Agree to your points. Dude I was pissed with that interview, and could hardly bear it for more than 2 mins.
And for that matter, I didn't like the cheesy indulgent opening of LSD. I expected better. This one was too much of a dumb give away for all the noises about the bold and courageous indie we have always waited for. Frankly I don't know if its even the first one, cus Missed Call came before it and essentially used the same form . Moreover, the more I think of our approach to sex on camera the more I laugh at it. I mean for all the noises we still don't get to see anything! even on a film titled such and certified 'A'!
Been thinking of the film nonetheless and should catch it again, all the arrogance aside the film is really good. That first story ka dad is coming back to my mind, what nice accidental quirky touches.
The dad from the first story and the security guy from the second…truly memorable lines for both.
Reaffirms my view that humour is best accidental and unplanned.
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Interesting fight going on there. But the way Anurag Kashyap responded and his comments, for me, convey what is his issue. AK needs to get rid of the Big Chip on his shoulder he is carrying. It is not the first time, i seen him going peevish, all worked up during discussions and debates. The "I have struggled a lot, and faced a lot of issues" line makes for good rhetoric, but when you are in a discussion or debate, you need to counter with proper facts and logic.
I know man. About time. What a stupid discussion going there. I tried to make fun of it and a whole truckload of losers attacked me as if I hacked their bank accounts.
LSD is definitely a joke on society , the audience and director both implicated in it. While the movie begins in a stereotypical manner, the latter half more than makes up for it. The third story is the deepest, with wonderful direction , in fact i think in the second and third stories Dibakar shows great restraint …
The photographer in the last story is an interesting study, a man of few words, who voices his thoughts only when behind that camera and refuses to explain his stance.
In the second story i liked that small pause right before Adarsh pretends to click the camera off – a pause and a look that explain it all … and the story ends there. It does not revel in the aftereffects …
It is also pleasing to note that LSD does not try to gain our sympathy for any character , not even Rashmi … which makes it different from Dev D .
@ Tushar : I agree , at the end of the day it's a 'phenomenon' film … but come to think of it , in todays world what isnt ?
Rocket Singh wasn't, and that's why it will last longer.
Great observation on the second story and the Dev D comparison. That pause was a true 'cinema' moment, that would have made for a great seety worthy powerful moment in any other format. But it does wonders here as well.